专四

单选题His speech rambled for half an hour, but the__________ of what he had said was that too many people has too little money.

参考答案:C进入在线模考
【译文】他的演讲东拉西扯持续了一个半小时,但其实质就是说太多的人缺钱。
【解析】名词词义辨析题。aim,purpose都表示“目的”;essence“本质,实质”;content“内容,含量”,but转折总结演讲的最主要内容,故空格处应填表示“实质,主旨”等意思的词,故选C。